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Meaning of "hymen" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HYMEN

From Greek: membrane.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HYMEN

hymen  [ˈhaɪmɛn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HYMEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hymen is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HYMEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hymen

The hymen is a membrane that surrounds or partially covers the external vaginal opening. It forms part of the vulva, or external genitalia, and is similar in structure to the vagina. In children, although a common appearance of the hymen is crescent-shaped, many shapes are possible. The effects of sexual intercourse and childbirth on the hymen are variable. If the hymen is sufficiently elastic, it may return to nearly its original condition. In other cases, there may be remnants, or it may appear completely absent after repeated penetration. Additionally, the hymen may be lacerated by disease, injury, medical examination, masturbation or even physical exercise. For these reasons, the state of the hymen is not a conclusive indicator of virginity. A glass or plastic rod of 6mm diameter having a globe on one end with varying diameter from one to two and a half cm, called Glaister Keen rod, is used for close examination of hymen or the degree of its rupture.

Definition of hymen in the English dictionary

The definition of hymen in the dictionary is a fold of mucous membrane that partly covers the entrance to the vagina and is usually ruptured when sexual intercourse takes place for the first time.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HYMEN


duramen
djʊˈreɪmɛn
examen
ɪɡˈzeɪmɛn
flamen
ˈfleɪmɛn
foramen
fɒˈreɪmɛn
gravamen
ɡrəˈveɪmɛn
limen
ˈlaɪmɛn
poultrymen
ˈpəʊltrɪmɛn
putamen
pjuːˈteɪmɛn
stamen
ˈsteɪmɛn
velamen
vəˈleɪmɛn
vimen
ˈvaɪmɛn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HYMEN

hylozoistically
hymenaean
hymenal
hymeneal
hymeneally
hymenean
hymenia
hymenial
hymenium
hymenophore
hymenoplasties
hymenoplasty
hymenoptera
hymenopteran
hymenopteron
hymenopterous
Hymettian
Hymettic
Hymettus
hymn

WORDS THAT END LIKE HYMEN

artillerymen
assemblymen
bogeymen
clergymen
countrymen
dairymen
fellow countrymen
ferrymen
flymen
handymen
highwaymen
infantrymen
journeymen
jurymen
laymen
nurserymen
quarrymen
railwaymen
salarymen
vestrymen

Synonyms and antonyms of hymen in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hymen» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HYMEN

Find out the translation of hymen to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hymen from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hymen» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

处女膜
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

himen
570 millions of speakers

English

hymen
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हैमेन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غشاء البكارة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

девственная плева
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hímen
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিবাহ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hymen
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Selaput dara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Jungfernhäutchen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

処女膜
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

처녀막
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hymen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nguyệt lao
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கிரேக்க திருமண கடவுள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हेमेन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kızlık zarı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

imene
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

błona dziewicza
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дівоча пліва
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

himen
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υμένας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

maagdevlies
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hymen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hymen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hymen

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HYMEN»

The term «hymen» is quite widely used and occupies the 43.036 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HYMEN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hymen» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hymen» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hymen

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HYMEN»

Discover the use of hymen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hymen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Medical Legal Aspects of Medical Records
Some women have been condemned to death or failed the virginal examination to prove worthy of marriage to a nobleman based on the visibility of an opening in the hymen. Today, several Eastern and African governments and private ...
Patricia W. Iyer, Barbara J. Levin, Mary Ann Shea, 2006
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Pros and Cons, for Cupid and Hymen: In a Series of Metrical ...
They have painted a thousand different pictures of Cupid and Hymen, which, though ;is dissimilar to each other as light is to darkness, are still considered very striking likenesses of these two great Originals. Some, have painted them as fair as ...
Jenkin Jones, 1807
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Hymen's Praeludia: Or, Love's Master-piece. Being that ...
Love's. Master. -Piece. PART IX. BOOK I. ARGUMENT. The Pirate Zenodorus carries bis sair Prisoner, with a soul Purpose, into an adjacent Wood; the Perpetration os his Lust is prevented, and his Lise taken by the Sword os Cornelius Gallus, ...
Gaultier de Coste La Calprenède (seigneur de), 1736
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Virgin: The Untouched History
The size of the hymen's aperture is only the beginning of a veritable cornucopia of variety. Hymenal tissue itself appears in a number of forms. It might be fragile and barely there, or resilient and rubbery. It might be so scanty as to be ...
Hanne Blank, 2008
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Clinical Forensic Medicine: A Physician's Guide
The hymen is the tissue that partially or completely surrounds the opening of the vagina. It appears that all females have hymenal tissue present at birth (91). The hymen may be annular (encircling the vaginal opening), crescentic (present at ...
Margaret M. Stark, 2007
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Mendico-Hymen: or, the Beggar's Match. A poem. Translated ...
18 r M'rnpico-HYMEN; He said-with Fist, and Club, he thump'd away Whole Clouds, of Dusi', which in the Foldings lay, Then shakes it well, and on the Table spreads The Rohe, compact of many-colour'd Shreds. This sly contrivance gives the ...
‎1730
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A text-book on the practice of gynecology: for practitioners ...
The following anomalies of the hymen have been noted: Absence of the hymen. Rudimentary hymen. Abnormal openings in the hymen. Anomalies in structure and shape. Imperforate hymen. Absence of the Hymen. — The hymen is found ...
William Easterly Ashton, 1905
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The works of the English poets, from Chaucer to Cowper
And all in course their voice attempering, While the woods back their bounding echo (Jin?, [sing- Hymen, come holy Hymen ; Hymen loud they His high built forehead almost maiden fair. Hath made an hundred Hymphs her chance envying ...
Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson, 1810
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Hymen's Præludia: Or, Love's Master-piece: Being that ...
Love's. Maflorsz'ooe. P ARlT XII. BOOK lI. A R G U M E N T. Agrippa i: in hit Sith' test visited' by Livia, who. by tho Instrtlctiom of the Emperor, bringing. Elisa with her, he make: o forther discovery of hir dffiction to her ; but she expreffing her ...
Gaultier de Coste La Calprenède (seigneur de), 1736
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A New Medical Dictionary: Containing an Explanation of the ...
HYMEN. (From Hymen, the god of marriage, because tins membrane is supposed to be entire before marriage, or copulation.) The hymen is a thin membrane, of a semilunar or circular form, placed at the entrance ol the vagina, which it partly ...
Robert Hooper, 1817

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HYMEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hymen is used in the context of the following news items.
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An Ode To The Friendships Of 'Clueless,' 20 Years Later
Cher is a virgin who can't drive, but her challenged hymen is not fetishized or condemned, or even crucial to the plot. Tai has had sex in a pool, ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Kevin Gardner Exits KRNB (105.7)/Dallas | AllAccess.com
I can not say enough about the Owner HYMEN CHILDS and Dir. of Programming GEORGE 'GEO' COOK. They are truly extraordinary people. «All Access Music Group, Jul 15»
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A YKA Contributor Dissects The 7 Types Of People Who Comment …
I'm a doctor and hymen breaking is actually the same as losing virginity and will cause young girls to lose their honour, please stop suggesting ... «Youth Ki Awaaz, Jul 15»
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Sania Mirza: From 'Pakistan Ki Bahu' To 'India Ki Beti' Again
And this izzat resides in a modestly covered head and an intact hymen. Every day, women are insulted, abused, molested, raped. Yet that ... «Huffington Post India, Jul 15»
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This 30-Year-Old Man Defiled A 1-Year-Old Baby In Abuja, You …
Augustine was said to have poked his fingers severally into the baby's genital while pretending to play with her and in the process broke her hymen, Daily Sun ... «NAIJ.COM, Jul 15»
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New Tech Threatens DNA-Free Conviction
Her hymen was intact, and there was no semen on her vaginal swabs. Though a DNA examiner for the FBI did find semen in the underwear, ... «Courthouse News Service, Jul 15»
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"The Lord's My Sex Guru": Pious Perverts and the Twisted World of …
Should her hymen be damaged before her wedding, would her groom have a right to return her to her father's doorway to be stoned to death, ... «AlterNet, Jul 15»
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Why is Death From Above 1979''s Album Art for "Virgins" so …
Cosmo says that it is very common for the hymen—the vagina thing that breaks and explodes and bleeds fluids everywhere and scares young ... «Noisey, Jul 15»
9
Why do married couples stop having sex!
... low hormones or premature ejaculation, while the woman may have a tight hymen, penetration phobia, or low or no desire for sex," he says. «Times of India, Jul 15»
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The Curious Case of Namrata's Death
Examinations also revealed whitish viscous fluid, and hymen was found ruptured.” Doctors also listed crescentic abrasions evident on nose ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»

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